The Penn's Grove record., 1887-03-05
sTUDY Or FACE LINES.
rho Cardinal Rules and Principles
OF Physiognomy.

ocFfpClOn OF q Qul1 man. Sno meant
that the blank surface of his counte-
nance gave one the impression of space,
probably because the landmarks were
not so disturbed as 10 create express
sion.
Such plain rules IS these, known alike
to artists and shirt-makers, that the
circumference of the wrist is half that
Of the neck, that the length of the hand
usually corresponds with that of the
face, and that the face can be divided
into th!rds-forehead. nose and chin
mean very little to the character stu
dent. They are merely the first stakes
driven in the survey.
The most important point is the pro-
portion of the features. Ii you look at
thu ideal head in full face you will see
that the line passing through the center
OF both eyes divides the head exactly in
the middle, giving for the incest posi-.
bic balance, US much height below as
above.
Next, every feature and every trait
should be entirely In harmony with all
the rest, all expressing the same mean
ing. 1t is not enough that one PORTION
is made according to artistic canons-a
fine nose, Il beautiful mouth, Il poetic
forehead, a noble throat and chin; but
the entire face should correspond with
its most striking and perfect feature,
II not in contour, at leastin significance.
Physiognomists have tried too much to
separate qualities, to locate certain
IN certain parts, whereas it
is as much the relation of every one to
the whole that should be studied in de-
character. The whole is in
every part.
Physiognomy has never yet been re-
ducei to an exact science. L&viter,
whom Goethe called ''the best, greatest,
wlsest, sincerest of all mortal or i'm
mortal men that | know" made a good
beginning. aud Is perhaps our best
standard. Delsarte had a marvellous
perception Of how the spirit works
through and upon the body, yet SC COM
pick is the subject it cannot yet be salt
to be reduced to q demonstrable sys-
tenn.
In connection with the outward
form there is always to be considered
the mystic principle within it that we
call "blood'' for want of a better
name. This invariably tell, oftentimes
the fairest model and quite as
often ennobling and refining the most
rugged exterior.
The element of expression is not the
least battling one In the human compo-
Why one face is vapid and
anothar radiant aop not he datorminad
by analysis OF the flesh. One flights
but the source of the Illumlna-
ton is as difficult to establish lis the
point of sheet-lightning in a
Another darkens with a black
passion, but from whence the curtain
fell who can tell2
The two most important lines in
every face are those which represent
the cleft OF the mouth and the contour
Of the upper eyelld. They are always
horizontal, and horizontal lines are
signs of stability and persistence. 1t
has been asserted by careful observers
that there are more good foreheads and
eyes than good mouths and chins. If
that be true men have the advanta Q
over women, because a beard can cover
the defective line of chin and the
moustache can hide the p:nched OF
lips.
Small mouths have been likened to
rose buds, but it is the broad, flexible,
histrionic mouth, after all, that has
the most meaning in it. A certain
form of the upper lip called ''Cupld's
is considered very beautiful. The
center of its upper line comes down to
a sharp point, and the center of its
under line comes also into a point,
less sharp, and forming a little
ball or drop that sometimes d~elicately
clasp the lower lip, frequently hangs
loose above it and parted from It.
From these two points the lines sweep
away on either side in two pairs of
ogee curves. Printers are never salts.
fed without this kind of a mouth, and
actresses initiate it with their rouge.
Some one has said Mature makes the
other features, but the individual is
responsible for the mouth" which
would seem to be true, as in children
the mouth is entirely expressionless
and ungoverned, while the eyes reveal
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